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Upcoming Music Performances at Willamette

Our 2024-2025 performances include free concerts, the Distinguished Artists Series, and performances included in the Theatre subscription series.

Willamette University Music Department

UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

 

Juliana Ha, Senior Recital

Thursday, April 3, 2025 • 7:00 p.m.

Hudson Concert Hall
Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center
This senior lecture voice recital will showcase classical songs that encompass love's different dimensions, all from composers who were most likely autistic or otherwise demonstrated an autistic or neurodivergent nature through their music.
All are welcome to this free event.

Aiden Schneider, Junior Recital

Friday, April 4, 2025 • 7:00 p.m.

Rogers Rehearsal Hall
Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center
This recital is focused on bringing magic into the audience. The two pieces being played are juxtaposed against each other, presenting the struggle first and then the joy that it is to be alive at this time. Through dancelike music, we experience the magic that it is to be human.
All are welcome to this free event.

L’Amante Segreto:

Music by Barbara Strozzi

Dr. Hannah Penn, Faculty Recital

Sunday, April 6, 2025 • 3:00 p.m.

Hudson Concert Hall
Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center

Step into the enchanting world of Barbara Strozzi, one of the most prolific and expressive composers of the 17th century. Known for her daring harmonies, passionate poetry, and virtuosic melodies, Strozzi’s music speaks to the complexities of the human heart. Experience the drama, tenderness, and brilliance of these Baroque masterpieces in a performance that promises to transport you to another time.

This intimate concert features the voices of two of our faculty singers, Dr. Penn and Prof. Cowell, self-accompanying on a harpsichord built by Salem historical instrument builder, Owen Daly.

All are welcome to this free event.

Sonic Arts Ensemble and Contemporary Ensemble

Wednesday, April 9, 2025 • 7:30 p.m.

Rogers Rehearsal Hall
Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center
Sonic Arts Ensemble is an improvisational group fusing live electronics and instrumental performance into an expansive and unconventional experience. The group embraces a variety of electroacoustic practices: analog and digital synthesis, effects pedals, and live processing of instrumental sound, to create an energized and immersive aural tapestry, all produced live and in the moment. Contemporary Ensemble draws on many types of scores (traditional, graphic, text, etc) and participants are encouraged to create their own, which we develop and perform. We use deep listening and improvisation to find common ground.
All are welcome to this free event.

Lovers & Lieder

Thursday, April 10, 2025 • 7:00 p.m.

Hudson Concert Hall
Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center
This romantic recital will feature Lieder (German art songs for voice and piano) by two of music history's most remarkable married couples, performed by Portland-based operatic power couple Jocelyn Claire Thomas and Zachary Lenox, with collaborative pianist and lecturer Emma Cowell. The program includes the entirety of Robert and Clara Schumann’s collaborative song cycle, 12 Gedichte aus Liebesfrühling, as well as Gustav Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder and songs by Alma Mahler. 
All are welcome to this free event.

Willamette Singers and Jazz Collective 

Sunday, April 13, 2025 • 7:30 p.m.

Hudson Concert Hall
Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center

All are welcome to this free event.   

Mu Phi Presents: Women In Song

 

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 • 7:00 p.m.
Rogers Rehearsal Hall
Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center

All are welcome to this free event.   

Student Scholarship Recognition Day Concert

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 • 1:00 p.m.

Hudson Concert Hall
Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center

All are welcome to this free event. 

Ash Scott, Senior Recital

Saturday, April 19, 2025 • 7:00 p.m.

Hudson Concert Hall
Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center

The recital turned drag show will explore queer joy and celebration in the face of crisis through everything from contemporary musical theater to classical vocal music. It will feature numerous incredible Willamette musicians, alumni, and composers of all backgrounds and eras.

All are welcome to this free event.

 

A Springtime Melange

University Concert Band, Vox, Voce, Willamette Chamber Percussion

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 • 7:30 p.m.

Hudson Concert Hall
Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center

All are welcome to this free event.   

Willamette Master Chorus, joined by Willamette Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Choir

Saturday, April 26, 2025 • 3:00 p.m.

Sunday, April 27, 2025 • 3:00 p.m.

Hudson Concert Hall
Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center

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Composers Recital with Music Improv Class

Monday, April 28, 2025 • 7:30 p.m.

Hudson Concert Hall
Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center

All are welcome to this free event.   

Graduating Music Seniors Celebration

Saturday, May 17, 2025 • 2:00 p.m.

Hudson Concert Hall
Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center

All are welcome to this free event.

Reception following. 

Distinguished Artist Series

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